Aug. 11, 1993, 25 Years Ago

Japanese tour didn’t break the budget: Shawville was able to give a delegation from Japan the grand tour of the area and it didn’t break the budget.
Mayor Albert Armstrong said entertaining the 12-member delegation from Ono, Japan cost less than $500.
“It’s a song,” he said. “It’s something you can’t buy – you can’t buy friendship like that.”
The delegation was in town for 12 hours and visited three local farms, Pontiac Community Hospital, Pontiac Protestant High School and Stone Consolidated.
New sidewalks to improve look of Chapeau: The sidewalks on Chapeau’s main street are getting a facelift. The existing sidewalks are being dug up and replaced with new ones.
Richard Vaillancourt, secretary-treasurer of Chapeau expects the new sidewalks to be easier to maintain, especially in the winter months as well as improve the appearance of the town.
“They’re not going to attract more people on a day-to-day basis but they’ll help when people do come and see the town has been cleaned up.”
Francis Conroy of Conroy’s Grocery said business hasn’t been disrupted too badly at his store.

Aug. 15, 1968 , 50 Years Ago

Missing from our files

Aug. 19, 1943, 75 Years Ago

Local News: A Sunday School picnic of the Anglican Churches of Portage du Fort and Parkman and the United Church at Stark’s Corners was held last Thursday afternoon at Sand Bay with an attendance of over 250.
The weather was ideal for such an event and all thoroughly enjoyed the outing. Many spent the afternoon swimming or wading on the sand beach.
Sports were in charge of Rev.d’s W.J. White and A.F. Fokes and during the afternoon softball games were played. A fine card of races was run off which included participants from three years to the age of 70. Following the sports, a war time supper was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mielke of Schwartz, Que. mourn the loss of their only daughter, Edith Eleanor Louise Mielke, aged two years, one month and twenty days. Death occurred at Pontiac Community Hospital, Shawville following a short illness.
According to a preliminary estimate, there was a considerable decline in the production of maple syrup and maple sugar in the four producing provinces in Canada in 1943.
Target number one for last week was Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city, its greatest port, a vital centre of coastal and inland shipping, home of many industries. Eight times in six days, British and American bombers swarmed over the sprawling city on the Elba.
Observers estimated that 8,000 tons of bombs were dropped in those 144 hours, a weight greater than that the Luftwaffe loosed over England in the eleven month blitz of Sept. 1940 to July 1941.
It was clear that another objective of the Allies was being realized, the disorganization and extension of the Reich’s sorely taxed defenses. Two hundred German fighter planes were shot down by the American alone.

Aug. 15, 1918, 100 Years Ago

Local news: Twenty-two sacks of Eaton catalogues were unloaded at the post office here last week.
THE EQUITY regrets to report that Mr. W.A. Hodgins is confined to his residence with Typhoid fever which attacked him about a week ago.
A fair warning: During the past week, newspapers throughout Canada published a proclamation issue by the government which deals with the case of men who have failed to report for duty as required by law and those also who have deserted.
The proclamation states that such men will be freed from the penalties which the authorities have power to exact, provided they report for duty on or before the twenty-fourth of this month. Parties who employ, harbour, conceal or assist deserters will also be held strictly to account.
What is claimed by dealers to have been the best carload of steers that was ever hauled over the Pontiac railway was shipped here on Saturday by Messrs. Sullivan and Hamilton. There were 22 in the lot, averaging about 1,400 lbs. each.
A number of the young farmers of this section who were called to the colours a few weeks ago arrived home Saturday evening on six weeks’ leave to assist with the harvest.
It is announced that a force of 4,000 Canadian troops will go to Siberia to assist the Czecho-Slovaks in resisting the encroachments of the Germans whom the treachery of the Bolsheviki permitted getting a foothold in the country that will require some resolution to dislodge.
Enemy submarines sank several vessels off the Atlantic coast last week, two of them in Canadian waters.
There is a strong suspicion in Halifax that the subs have a base somewhere along the coast of Nova Scotia and the statement is made by the Halifax papers that the city is seething with enemy spies.

Aug. 17, 1893, 125 Years Ago

Local news: The picnic held in aid of the R.C. church at North Onslow on Thursday the 10th inst., was a grand success both financially and otherwise. The day, although very warm was all that could be desired.
Early in the morning, crowds began to pour in from every direction, and amongst those on the ground were people from Almonte, Pakenham, Aylmer, Vinton, Quyon, Shawville and other distant places so that by eleven o’clock there were fully 2,000 people present and all giving evidence of the excessive heat on their faces.
Refreshment booths were on the grounds and those in charge had a busy time of it catering to the wants of the thirsty individuals who crowded around them.
A good program of sports was arranged for, but owing to the heat was not as hotly contested as otherwise would have been. The baseball match did not come off, which was a big disappointment to the people. The “Diamonds” of Shawville were on the grounds but there was no other club to play against them.
About 3 o’clock the crowd wended their way from the grove to where the lacrosse match was to be. The teams to play were the Quyons and Rosebanks from Ontario. The Rosebanks won four straight games to none.
A prize was given for the best step dancer.
Sand Point has long felt the need of a good wagon road from the steamboat to landing to the main road. This need has been fully satisfied by the proprietor of the steamer “Columbia” (Janet Craig) Mr. John T. Wait. A fine wagon road has been constructed from that place along the shore round the sandy beach and coming up and crossing the railway track in front of Mr. Young’s Hotel.
Everyone admires the verandas and porches which Messrs. McCredie and Son have erected to the residence of Mr. J.H. Shaw, especially since the superb finishing touches have been put on by decorator Jackson’s brush.
We sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. Armitage in the loss of their infant son which occurred on Sunday morning last.
The government have withdrawn the Thousand Islands from sale, owing to the strong opposition of the Conservative press of Ontario, which maintained that the islands should be reserved as a national park.
Ad: TEA – Just received, a fresh line of new Japan tea of extra quality at 25 cents per pound. We believe it equals in drawing qualities and flavour any 30 cent tea ever sold in Shawville.
New watchmaker shop just opened in the village of Shawville. G.M. Donaldson, Brick building, Main Street (opposite Dr. H. Knox).
The Siamese difficulty has been settled and the blocade at Bangkok by the French fleet has been raised. The war-cloud which for some days appeared so dark and ominous has again drifted off.